“Cultural background” can refer to a person’s nationality, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, education, and so on.

The goal of this activity is to reflect on the extent to which choices in our daily-lives are reflections of our cultural background.
Step 1. Watch the video (24 min) “The Art of Choosing”Links to an external site. (click on the link). Dr. Sheena Iyengar studies how we make choices — and how we feel about the choices we make. At TEDGlobal, she talked about both trivial choices (Coke v. Pepsi) and profound ones, and shared her groundbreaking research that has uncovered some surprising attitudes about our decisions.
Step 2. In the discussion board share your thoughts on the extent to which choices in our daily-lives are reflections of our cultural background. Try to describe and discuss examples illustrating that how we go about deciding to do (or not do) something or how we go about taking one course of action over another involve psychological processes that are influenced by culture.
Your initial post to the discussion question must be a thoughtful response to this prompt provided. A 200-word minimum is required for the initial response [worth a maximum of 7 pts]. Professional language and writing are required. Connect your response back to the video, citing the evidence to support your position wherever possible.
Step 3. You are expected to read posts in the discussions and to actively participate in the conversations, posting a minimum of one thoughtful reply(more if you want to) back to other students [worth a maximum of 3 pts]. Your replies to other student’s posts are to be thoughtful responses that seek to further knowledge and understanding. Such replies as “nice post” or “ditto” are not thoughtful replies. Instead your replies should, for example, explain why you agree or disagree with a previous post, ask a probing question, clarify a statement, share your own experiences, support or refute a statement with evidence, and always be constructive and respectful.